Video: How an Afghan refugee became Delhi’s beloved ‘Chess Chacha’
Abdul Samad spends half of his day playing with and encouraging chess enthusiasts.
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1Food and the memories it evokes can help comfort dementia patients
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2Start the week with a film: ‘A Hard Day’ is a breathless, breathtaking thriller
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3How India’s capital-intensive growth is exacerbating income inequality
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4In Kolkata, a Jewish school centenary puts on the focus on the community’s rich legacy in the city
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5Diarrhoea is rising in Maharashtra. Are poorly built Swachh Bharat Mission toilets responsible?
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6In Jammu and Kashmir, unemployment crisis is pushing women into low-paying jobs
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712 Shinde Sena workers arrested for vandalising Kumal Kamra performance venue in Mumbai
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8Folk tale from Bhutan: How Acho La La, the full moon, saved a young girl from being eaten by a demon
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9Ramachandra Guha: In battle against ‘Hindi imposition’, a war between two distinct visions of India
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10‘I Am on the Hit List’: A lament for Gauri Lankesh, and a country that lost its way
